PhoneRecoder

If you're a user of Russian phone codes, you'll know that they have recently changed. Every array code beginning with zero has been replaced by the number four. For example, Moscow's old code 095 is now 495. This change affects a significant number of phone numbers stored in many places including Microsoft Outlook, Windows address book, mobile phone contacts, PDA's, and web mail services such as Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, and @mail.ru.

If you have a large number of contacts in Russia, manually going through and updating each phone number could take a lot of time. Fortunately, InspiritSystems has come up with a solution in the form of their program PhoneRecoder. With PhoneRecoder, you can quickly and easily recode your phone arrays without the need for manual updates.

PhoneRecoder supports a variety of formats including Comma Separated Values (CSV) and vCard, making it applicable for many mail clients, mobile phones, and PDAs. It can also use contacts from MS Outlook 2000, XP, and 2003. The best part is that PhoneRecoder is free to use and comes with user manuals available in English and Russian versions. Overall, PhoneRecoder is a helpful tool for any user dealing with the recent changes in Russian phone codes.